[AUTHOR's Note: The Carter UFO-disclosure promise reverberated across the seas, drawing favorable response from all walks of life and across all cultural boundaries. As you can see from the first letter of this chapter, some of that response originated from unexpected quarters.

Today, we know that Puerto Rico has become a hot spot for UFO activity -- and that its legislators have a renewed opportunity to take the lead in demanding greater access to the U. S. government's Pandora's Box of hard-core UFO data.]

1-25. April 5, 1977; Dear Mr. President:

As a member of the Commonwealth (of Puerto Rico) House of Representatives, I wish to make you aware of a matter of some importance to the United States, to Puerto Rico, and to the rest of the world as well.

I refer to the controversial sightings of UFO's around the world. As a presidential candidate you told the National Enquirer (June 8, 1976), "If I become President, I'll make every piece of information this country has about UFO sightings available to the public and the scientists" because "I am convinced that UFO's exist, because I have seen one."

"One thing is for sure," the Enquirer quoted you as saying, "I'll never make fun of people who say they've seen unidentified objects in the sky!"

Inspired by your views on this interesting matter, four young members of our House of Representatives, Hon. Antonio Fas Alaamora, Hon. Roberto Rodriguez, Hon. Freddy Valentin, and myself, introduced a resolution -- H.R. 151 -- whose sole purpose is to create a House special committee to gather statements from citizens who may have evidence on the existence of this type of scientific phenomena.

Our resolution has stirred controversy from several sectors in our community, as well as serious response. The former, probably because the whole UFO affair has been derided by those who make fun of any reports on UFO sightings.

Although there are other important problems to which we devote our time in search for permanent solutions, we feel H.R. 151 covers important ground. An opinion from you on the matter could help to enlighten those among our citizens who have declined to treat the subject with the seriousness it deserves.

With my best wishes for success in your highly important commitment to America's future, I remain,

Very truly yours, LMA/dpl

Enclosure [photo-copy of the resolution, in Spanish, as depicted below]: